Pearce Peak

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Pearce Peak (

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67°48′S 61°12′E / 67.800°S 61.200°E / -67.800; 61.200Coordinates: 67°48′S 61°12′E / 67.800°S 61.200°E / -67.800; 61.200) is a partially snow-covered ridge, 1,200 m, which appears as a peak when viewed from the north, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Moyes Peak and 15 nautical miles (28 km) south-southwest of Falla Bluff. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Sir George Pearce, Chairman of the , 1929.

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